▲ 690 ▼ The greatest country in the world (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by rr7@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml 164 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Chev@lemmy.world 59 points 3 years ago* (3 children) 09.08.2023 (dd/mm/yyyy) anybody? permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] volcanocompetent@lemmy.world 22 points 3 years ago (2 children) I like it for reading and using the date day to day But yyy-mm-dd is best for sorting and archiving files permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nevial@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 years ago This permalink fedilink source parent [–] intrepid@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 years ago People rarely use them in real life, but ISO 8601 and RFC 3339 (both are almost identical) are the most natural ways of writing date and time. Just like how we write numbers, their components are written from left to right in the decreasing order of significance: yyyy-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS. I like it by default for precisely the reason you mentioned - sorting. It even helps quick visual comparisons. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DODOKING38@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago It's dd/MM/yyyy you nincompoop permalink fedilink source parent [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Why would you put the day first? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Chev@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Because it changes most often. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Why does that mean it should go first? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Chev@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Because you are able to read the thing that changes most often first. It is more convinient to read from left to right. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] volcanocompetent@lemmy.world 22 points 3 years ago (2 children) I like it for reading and using the date day to day But yyy-mm-dd is best for sorting and archiving files permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nevial@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 years ago This permalink fedilink source parent [–] intrepid@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 years ago People rarely use them in real life, but ISO 8601 and RFC 3339 (both are almost identical) are the most natural ways of writing date and time. Just like how we write numbers, their components are written from left to right in the decreasing order of significance: yyyy-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS. I like it by default for precisely the reason you mentioned - sorting. It even helps quick visual comparisons. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] intrepid@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 years ago People rarely use them in real life, but ISO 8601 and RFC 3339 (both are almost identical) are the most natural ways of writing date and time. Just like how we write numbers, their components are written from left to right in the decreasing order of significance: yyyy-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS. I like it by default for precisely the reason you mentioned - sorting. It even helps quick visual comparisons. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DODOKING38@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago It's dd/MM/yyyy you nincompoop permalink fedilink source parent
[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Why would you put the day first? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Chev@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Because it changes most often. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Why does that mean it should go first? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Chev@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Because you are able to read the thing that changes most often first. It is more convinient to read from left to right. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Chev@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Because it changes most often. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Why does that mean it should go first? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Chev@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Because you are able to read the thing that changes most often first. It is more convinient to read from left to right. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Why does that mean it should go first? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Chev@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Because you are able to read the thing that changes most often first. It is more convinient to read from left to right. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Chev@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago Because you are able to read the thing that changes most often first. It is more convinient to read from left to right. permalink fedilink source parent
